For snowmobilers, all the recent snow is making it hard to get out on the trails, but cross country skiers can't get enough of it. WMTW News 8's Kyle Jones reports.

For snowmobilers, all the recent snow is making it hard to get out on the trails, but cross country skiers can't get enough of it. WMTW News 8's Kyle Jones reports.

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Updated: 5:32 PM EST Feb 11, 2015

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WEBVTT WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THAT MAYIMPACT US IN A FEW MINUTES.TRACY: AFTER WAITING ANXIOUSLYFOR SNOW, SOME SNOWMOBILERSCANNOT EVEN GET OUT AND ENJOYIT.TRAIL GROOMERS ARE HAVINGTROUBLE GETTING TRAILS READYBECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH SNOWTO HANDLE.KYLE JONES IS LIVE WITH HOW THEYARE TRYING TO MAKE A ROUGH RIDESMOOTH.KYLE:WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING SNOWFOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS.JUST WHERE WE HAVE A DAY WHERENOTHING IS FALLING, YOU CAN SEEHOW HARD IT IS TO MOVE THROUGHWHAT IS ON THE GROUND.WE WENT OUT ON THE TRAILSTO TRYTO SEE HOW HARD IT IS TO KEEP UPWHEN YOU GO FROM ZERO TO 20INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OFTIME.JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BARONTRAILS LEFT SNOWMOBILERS WAITINGON A MIRACLE.THREE STORMS LATER, SOME SAYTHEIR PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED INABUNDANCE.IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT IS WAYTOO MUCH SNOW FOR US.KYLE: DON SAYS IN 19 YEARS OFGROOMING TRAILS, THIS COULD BETHE TOUGHEST THESE AND YET.EVERY OTHER DAY, WE GET SNOW.BY THE TIME WE GROOM THE TRAILS,IT WILL BE A MESS AGAIN IN TWODAYS.KYLE:HE SAYS THE TRAILS CANNOTEVEN HANDLE THE GROOMER ITSELF.THEY COULD GET STUCK.IF YOU GET HUNG UP, COULD BEA LONG TIME OUT THERE.KYLE: HE IS WORKINGON PACKINGTHE TRAILS FIRST, THEN GROOMINGTHEM, HOPING TO HAVING THEMREADY BY THE WEEKEND.PHIL HARRIS HAS BEEN ON TOPOFTHE GROOMING AT HARRIS FARMS,WHERE PEOPLE HAD A SUNNY DAY ONTHE TRAILS, COVERED IN 13 INCHESOF SNOW.DOES NOT REALLY MATTER HOWMUCH SNOW WE GET.BEFORE, WE HAD ALL THE SNOW.WE REALLY HAD GOOD NUMBERS.KYLE: HE SAYS TRAFFIC FELLOFFAROUND CHRISTMAS AND WAS LOWAROUND THE MARTIN LUTHER KINGHOLIDAY.BUT STILL --THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TOOMUCH SNOW.ONCE WE GETIT PACKED DOWN,IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL.IF WE COULD GET TWO OR THREE ORFOUR DAYS OF NICE HOT SUN, KINDOF MELT A LITTLE OF THAT.IT WILL PACKED DOWN.THAT IS WHEN IT IS THE BEST.KYLE: ONETHING DRIVERS ANDSNOWMOBILERS NEED TO BE CAREFULOF IS THAT SNOWBANKS ARE CAUSINGA PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE.IN THIS CASE, IT IS HARD TO SEESNOWMOBILERS COMING OUT FROMBEHIND THEM.IT COULD CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS.YOU CHEMISTRY MARKERS.WE HAVE -- CAN MISS TRAILMARKERS.SO BE CAREFUL IF YOU ARE OUTTHERE.